It wouldn't be a third-person shooter without some guns, with Returnal throwing players a basic pistol at the start, right through to an insane Electropylon Driver. Each individual weapon has unique traits that can be unlocked with enhanced perks as you push out more damage on your alien enemies. Selene also has a melee weapon that she can use to attack enemies, and destroy resource geodes, or barriers š«š«š«
Better yet, Returnal's recent Ascension update allows for some awesome (and somewhat old-school) online cooperative multiplayer, which can see you and a friend playing through Returnal's campaign together.
Returnal PC System Requirements
Returnal has built on the foundations of Unreal Engine 4, with the development team at Housemarque building in-house extensions to Unreal Engine 4 for the game, including things like particle systems and volumetric rendering, both of which Returnal heavily rely on š¾š¾š¾
The game requires a powerful PC if you want to enjoy all of the visual bells and whistles Returnal has to offer, but there's AI upscaling technology in both NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR to help drive those FPS numbers up. There's also a wicked built-in benchmark, which is useful for getting to your designed resolution + frame rate.
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The minimum PC specs of Returnal require an Intel Core i5-6400 CPU or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU and above, with the Mid Tier Ready To Ship Stinger coming in at just $1399. This is configured with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB graphics card.
The recommended PC specs of Returnal require an Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and above, with our High Tier Ready to Ship Patriot coming in at just $2199. This is configured with an Intel Core i5-12400F processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB graphics card. More than enough PC grunt for Returnal maxed out ā©ā©ā©
But, if you want to get your enthusiast-grade 4K 60FPS+ with Ray Tracing goodness in Returnal, things are going to get a lot harder for your gaming PC. Don't worry... Allied has your back, with some kick-ass gaming PCs that will handle Returnal (and everything else you throw at it).
Returnal's recommended PC specs for 4K 60FPS with RT enabled sees you needing an Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor, 32GB of RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or above. We've done some benchmarking on our Ultra High Tier Ready To Ship Patriot with an Intel Core i5-13600KF processor, 32GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card. This bad boy will set you back $4399, but you'll have many sleepless nights getting in some of the best gaming experiences ever ššš
We were able to drive up all of the in-game graphics settings to maximum, run Returnal at the glorious 4K resolution with all of the Ray Tracing greatness enabled... and maintain 100FPS+ average. This is with NVIDIA DLSS set to "Balanced" so it looked, and ran beautifully. Bloody impressive stuff, to say the least.
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